The Story of the Weeping Camel (U)
- Consumer Advice: Contains scene of animal being born
- Run time: 1 hour 31 mins
- Language: Russian
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 9th July 2004
- Starring: Janchiv Ayurzana, Chimed Ohin, Amgaabazar Gonson
- Directed by: Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni
- Official Website: www.weepingcamel.com
- Distributor: UGC Films
Plot Synopsis
An enchanting story composed of equal parts reality, drama and magic, THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL follows the adventure of a family of herders in Mongolia’s Gobi desert who face a crisis when a mother camel rejects her newborn calf after a particularly difficult birth. Without its mother’s milk, the little camel will not survive, so in accordance with an ancient ritual, a musician is summoned from a far-off village to perform a ceremony that is meant to coax the mother into nursing her baby. Apart from reuniting parent with child, legend has it that the ritual has the miraculous side effect of causing the mother to weep.
"...has all the qualities to melt the hardest heart, and become a cult item for adult and student audiences alike" - Screen International